Week 4: A little change of plans

This weekend was my buddy Ben's bachelor party. Aside from a few overzealous Philly cops unruly behavior, we had an excellent weekend. My training didn't go as prescribed, but you can't let a training program prevent your life...

Friday night was a day off. We took off for North East, MD where we camped on the Chesapeake Bay. We attempted to catch crabs in the Bay using chicken drum sticks and string (which according to Clay works), but we didn't spy a single claw. Defeated, but spirits up, we got the fire going and had a good time telling stories over beers and hot dogs.

Saturday I missed out on a 6 mile @ marathon pace workout. Instead my workout was an afternoon of Paintball... and THAT is a workout! We played various styles of games including an "Escort the President" game. Ben and "Goose" were too quick for us, and those games ended quickly. There was a lot of time spent sprinting, diving, and sliding or rolling. Everyone had their shining moments, especially Ben who is a wiley paintballer. Being 5' nothing worked to his advantage ;-)

That night, after driving up to Philly, we went out on the town to paint it red... by the end of the night, the only thing that was red was Painter's ear. He was hit with pepper spray in a random skirmish with the police we stumbled upon. I received collateral damage as well, being knocked over by a billy club. Wrong place, wrong time... Philly... you're not on my favorite place to be list yet... We mistreated Ben last night too. He was three sheets to the wind by midnight thanks to our generosity.

After a long ride home, I once again switched up the workout plan. Clay came out to Reston and ran with me. He needed to run 8, and I was to do 13. Eight turned out to be enough for me, and I decided I should give my body the chance to recover from the weekend festivities.